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  2. French furniture - Wikipedia

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    Secrétaire à abattant by Jean-François Leleu, Paris, ca 1770 (Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris). French furniture comprises both the most sophisticated furniture made in Paris for king and court, aristocrats and rich upper bourgeoisie, on the one hand, and French provincial furniture made in the provincial cities and towns many of which, like Lyon and Liège, retained cultural identities ...

  3. French Provincial architecture - Wikipedia

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    The houses which inspired French Provincial architecture were found in rural France from the 1600s. The architecture was inspired by the stylings of Versailles during the reign of King Louis XIV. [1] Homes found in Normandy, France are examples of the style. [2] The first homes to be designed in the style were manor houses. [3]

  4. Louis XV furniture - Wikipedia

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    The fauteuils, or armchairs, were larger and designed for comfort; their styles evolved during the reign of Louis XV. During the early years of the Regency (1715-23) the armchairs had short curved feet, the top of the back was slightly curved, while the supports of the back and the arms were straight.

  5. Louis XVI furniture - Wikipedia

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    With the death of Louis XV on May 10, 1774, his grandson Louis XVI became King of France at age twenty. The new king had little interest in the arts, but his wife, Marie-Antoinette, and her brothers-in-law, the Comte de Provence (the future Louis XVIII) and the Comte d'Artois (the future Charles X), were deeply interested in the arts, gave their protection to artists, and ordered large amounts ...

  6. Queen Anne style furniture - Wikipedia

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    [12] [6] Cabriole legs were influenced by the designs of the French cabinetmaker André-Charles Boulle [13] and the Rococo style from the French court of Louis XV. [14] But the intricate ornamentation of post-Restoration furniture was abandoned in favor of more conservative designs, possibly under the influence of the simple and elegant lines ...

  7. Jean-Michel Frank - Wikipedia

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    Jean-Michel Frank (28 February 1895 – 8 March 1941) was a French interior designer known for minimalist interiors decorated with plain-lined but sumptuous furniture made of luxury materials, such as shagreen, mica, and intricate straw marquetry. He had an eye for exotic patterns, specifically in veneers, including snake and sharkskin.

  8. Club chair - Wikipedia

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    While the club chair is undoubtedly a classic feature of interior decor in France, it remains just as relevant as ever today. As time has passed, the chair's charm, diversity and fame have grown. With great simplicity, the Art Deco era produced armchairs with clean, flexible lines, in contrast to the Art Nouveau style of the 1910s.

  9. Art Nouveau furniture - Wikipedia

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    Furniture created in the Art Nouveau style was prominent from the beginning of the 1890s to the beginning of the First World War in 1914. It characteristically used forms based on nature, such as vines, flowers and water lilies, and featured curving and undulating lines, sometimes known as the whiplash line, both in the form and the decoration.

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